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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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As a Sr. GNC Engineer (Starship), you will join a talented team of engineers to push technical boundaries for advanced rocket flight control systems and the Starship vehicle. Your daily responsibilities include developing innovative guidance, navigation, and control systems, performing multi-disciplinary system investigations, and designing systems architecture. You will implement new software and algorithms for mission-unique capabilities, develop 6-DOF dynamics simulation models, analyze launch vehicle trajectories and flight stability, and conduct post-flight data reviews. To succeed, you must possess expertise in control systems, orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation. The role requires proficiency in Python or C++ to support hardware-in-the-loop testing and Monte Carlo analysis. You will solve complex problems regarding launch vehicle performance and flight reliability for a reusable spacecraft designed for human spaceflight and deep space missions.
Python
C++
6-DOF Dynamics
Orbital Mechanics
Control Systems
Modeling and Simulation
Monte Carlo Analysis
Aerodynamics
Algorithm Unit Testing
Systems Architecture
C++
Python
GNC
ADCS
Orbital Mechanics
Control Theory
State Estimation
6DOF Modeling
Monte Carlo Simulation
Hardware-in-the-loop (HITL)
Flight Software
Spacecraft Systems Design
Dynamics
Navigation
Propulsion
Avionics
C++
Python
MATLAB
closed loop control systems
State Estimation
Kalman Filters
Embedded C++
Orbital Mechanics
Rigid Body Dynamics
Flight Software
Simulation
Firmware
Unit Testing
GNC
Spacecraft Operations
GNC
C++
Python
MATLAB
Simulink
6DOF Modeling
Monte Carlo Simulation
Hardware-in-the-loop (HITL)
GNSS
Star Trackers
Rate Gyros
Unit Testing
Regression Testing
CI/CD
Git
Linux
Confluence
Jira
C++
Python
MATLAB
closed loop control systems
State Estimation
Kalman Filters
Firmware
Orbital Mechanics
Rigid Body Dynamics
Simulations
Unit Testing
Flight Software
GNC
Spacecraft Operations